Rob Kidd

Getting too drunk at the work Christmas party is inadvisable; beating your boss unconscious, more so.

When Phillip Burns was confronted by Department of Internal Affairs officials about accessing child pornography, he was unrepentant.

In less than a month, a Dunedin man racked up a bill of more than $4000 by bouncing cheques.

A Mosgiel man who used a slug gun to shoot someone who owed him money has been jailed for more than two years.

A shearer who got drunk after work and tried to smash down the door to his own house to see his daughter was pepper-sprayed by police, a court has heard.

The lawyer of a man accused of raping an underage girl repeatedly over a four-year period says the girl’s allegations do not stack up.

Like John Key, a Dunedin bouncer has avoided conviction for pulling a woman’s ponytail.

Otago authors and publishers have made a strong showing in the national book award long-lists  announced this week.

A Dunedin businesswoman who gambled away more than $200,000 meant for the IRD has been stripped of her licence.

Two gang associates have admitted their involvement in a drunken street brawl in central Dunedin that left a man with serious injuries.

A notorious fraudster who sexually assaulted a boy and then wiped his own cellphone to restrict the police's access to evidence has been jailed for a year.

A Dunedin man who doused his pregnant partner in toilet water has been ordered to attend counselling.

A man who sexually assaulted a boy and then wiped his cell phone to restrict the police's access to evidence has been jailed for a year.

Two gang associates have admitted their involvement in a drunken street brawl in Dunedin's CBD which left a man with serious injuries.

A Dunedin man allegedly took a girl to Auckland to a Taylor Swift concert and raped her in a hotel room.

A woman who attacked a friend she believed was having an affair with her husband, has avoided a conviction despite her violent outburst.

A man has been jailed for 10 months for punching his heavily pregnant partner in the face.

To celebrate her first day at work, a Dunedin hairdresser went for drinks with her new colleagues.

An eight-time drink-driver who escaped police in a high-speed chase was found at his home after getting a taxi back there.